there were countless negative portrayals of president george w. bush. so what's new? >> what is new, i think, is how suffocating it is, how constant every day, it seems, there's another bit of evidence of meanness, of vulgarity, and a personal attack. >> reporter: and of course, this anger isn't good for getting anything done on capitol hill. one side note here, when it comes to obama bashing. senate majority leader harry reid told nevada public radio he hopes that republican opposition to the president on capitol hill is based "on substance, not the fact that he is african-american." while republican senator tim scott, who is the only black u.s. senator, took issue with that. he called reid's comments offensive and said democrats are trying to use race as a smoke screen. he wants reid to apologize. >> we'll see where we go from here. >>> we have more politics coming up this hour. hillary clinton is giving a speech. she's getting an award. is she getting too much attention? what's going on? stand by. >>> and later, a super fast technology could cut the travel time bet